Washing-machine



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

MINER VAN AUKEN, OF CHAZY, NEW YORK.

A. WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 20,230, dated May 11,1858 Ressued June 28, 1859, No. 748.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MINER VAN AUKEN, of Chazy, in the county of Clintonand State of New York, have invent-ed a new and Improved Clothes-lashingMachine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is aside sectional View of my improvement. Fig. 2, is a plan or top view ofditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

The nature of my invention consists in providing an adjustable stopboard at the rear end of the rubber, in combination with an oblong slot,in each of the pendulous arms of the rubber; whose lower termination isof scroll form; whereby the passage of the clothes behind the rubberduring the washing operation is prevented, and thus the clothes arealways kept wholly underneath the rubber; and whereby the rubber can besuspended above the clothes and have an axis to turn upon at the timewhen it is being swung to a proper rubbing position; and thus is avoidedthe catching against and forcing of the clothes, which may have beenplaced in the tub, toward the back board of the tub; thus it will beseen that while a stop is provided, no inconvenience is experiencedtherefrom. The peculiarity of the scroll slot also affords facilitiesfor throwing the rubber up so that: it may be completely inverted andstill be sustained in that position.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a box having parallel sides (a) (a) and a concave bottomB, the inner surface of which is provided with transverse ribs orprojections of semicylindrical or other proper form placed at suitabledistances apart to form a corrugated surface, see Fig. 1. The box A, issupported at a suitable height by legs (o) and an upright- (d) isattached to each side (a) of the box, A, the upper ends of said uprightsbeing connected by a stationary rod or shaft C.

The bottom B, of the box is a portion of a circle of which the axis ofthe shaft or rod C, is the center, and at the front end of the box andadjoining' the bottom B, a corrugated surface D, is formed by havingtransverse ribs or projections (e) attached of smaller width or diameterthan those on the bottom B. The part or surface D, need not form a partof the same circle as B, but may be perfectly straight the ribs (e)being attached to a plane surface as plainly shown in Fig. l. To theback end of the box A, an inclined board (f) is attached.

On the rod or shaft C two pendent bars (g) (g) are placed, and to thelower ends of these bars a curved rubber E, is attached. This rubber isformed by attaching a curved or segment board to the bars (g), (g), thecurvature forming a portion of a smaller circle than B, but concentricwith it. Transverse ribs or projections (la), (h), corresponding withthe ribs (e) on the bottom B, are attached to the under or face side ofE, as shown plainly in Fig. l. The bars (g), (g), are slottedlongitudinally at their upper ends as shown at (i) Fig. l, and the rodor shaft C, passes through said slots. The slots (i), have each asemi-circular recess (y') formed at their lower ends and a little at oneside as shown clearly in Fig. l.

To the front end of the rubber E, two inclined bars (7c) (7c) areattached, said bars being connected at their outer ends by a cross piece(Z) which serves as a handle. The bars (7c), (7c), project toward thefront end of box A. To the back end of the rubber E, a board or strip F,is attached by set screws (m), (m), said set screws passing throughslots in the strip or board whereby the same is rendered adjustable. Theboard or strip F, extends the whole width of the rubber and its loweredge projects below the surface of the rubber as shown clearly in Fig.l. The operation is as follows: The box A, is supplied with a requisitequantity of suds and the clothes Gr, are placed therein the rubber E,resting on the clothes. The operator then grasps the handle or crosspiece (Z) and moves the rubber E, back and forth as indicated by thearms l, and the clothes G, are thereby subjected to a certain pressureand rubbing sufficient to deprive them in a reasonable time of thegreater part of dirt they may have contained. The board or strip F,keeps the clothes Gr, always underneath the rubber, preventing them fromworking back and getting beyond its action, while in consequence of therelative position of the bars (7c), with the rubber E, a leverage poweris obtained and the strength of the operator applied in the mostadvantageous manner. When the clothes have been subjected a requisitetime to the action of the rubber E, the operator raises it so thatl therecesses (j) at the lower part ofthe slots will catch over the shaft orrod C, and the rubber is turned over, bottom side up. This position ofthe rubber allows the operator to handle the clothes, rendering everypiece accessible and the operator may then rub by hand on the part D,which is merely an ordinary wash board, such parts of the clothes aswere not fully cleansed by the rubber E, such as the wristbands ofshirts, &c., parts that always require much more labor than others, inorderv toV ybe cleansed perfectly, and which if operated uponsufficiently by the rubber E, to be cleansed,

to secure by Letters Patent, is

The adjustable stop board F, arranged at the rear end of the rubber incombination with the scroll terminating slots z', j, in the pendulousarms of the rubber E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

MINER VAN AUKEN. p

Witnesses WILLIAM. BEDELL, FREDERICK VAUGHAN.

[FIRST PRINTED 1911.]

